啤酒是由大麦芽的糖化液经酵母发酵后制成的一种饮料酒。它的酒精成分很低,除酒精外,含有二氧化碳、蛋白质、糖类、无机盐、维生素乙和蛇麻花的苦味质,有增加营养促进消化的作用。啤酒酿造在西欧国家很早就普遍盛行,制造工艺也很讲究。在国内虽然在解放前也有啤酒生产,但为数不多,且尽属洋商经营,消费者多半限于大都市中的资产阶级。 Beer is a beverage made from fermented malt liquor of barley malt after yeast fermentation. Its low alcohol content, in addition to alcohol, contains carbon dioxide, protein, sugar, inorganic salts, vitamin B and hops twist bitter taste, increase nutrition and promote digestion. Beer brewing has long been popular in Western European countries, the manufacturing process is also very particular. Although there was also beer production in the country before the liberation, only a few were engaged in the business of foreign merchants. Consumers were mostly confined to the bourgeoisie in the metropolis.